Bridgestone's super soft tyre proved to be the fastest rubber on the tight and twisty Hungaroring circuit for the first day of the Hungarian Grand Prix. In hot weather conditions, Lewis Hamilton set the day's fastest lap time, a 1min 22.079secs, in his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes during the afternoon practice session.
Heikki Kovalainen (Vodafone McLaren Mercedes) was the fastest driver in the morning practice session, using the soft compound to set a time of 1min 22.278secs. Conditions were hot all day and the track reached a maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius during the afternoon session.
Q&A with Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development
What was significant about today's running?
"Today was all about track improvement and finding set-up. As we would expect here in Hungary, the track surface developed a lot over the course of the day, as the surface was cleaned and rubber was laid. Temperatures were hot so we did see a lot of heat generated in the tyres, especially when cars were heavy and sliding on the slippery surface. Interestingly, we did not see as much graining as we would normally expect here. Lap times were close with a second covering the top 17 cars in the afternoon."
How do you expect this allocation to work over the weekend?
"Some drivers told us today that they didn't have enough grip with the soft compound, however past experience shows us that the circuit improves a lot so we don't expect it to be an issue on Sunday. Both compounds worked well, so the team who can find the best set-up for qualifying and then the race will do well. This is more difficult than usual as the track develops so much here. How much track improvement we see, and the temperatures we experience on race day will help determine the race strategy. I think we are set for a very interesting weekend."
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Friday, 31 July 2009
Bridgestone Friday practice report
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Goodyear - Excellence
In partnership with leading vehicle manufacturers to exceed ever-demanding customer expectations, after Goodyear asked 40,000 people what they expect from a tyre.
They named three things: safety, comfort and performance.
That's why the revolutionary Excellence tyre incorporates three technologies into a single tyre.
It offers you the safest possible drive, with superb performance in handling, and an exceptional feeling of comfort.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
The Pirelli PZero
Everyone who has a high performance car and those like myself who have a little less horse power under the hood, have heard of Pirelli. Well pirelli in 1987 launched their exclusive range of Pirelli Pzero. Since then it has luanched many ranges under the Pzero umbrella such as, Pzero Nero and the Pzero Assimetrical.
Well they have released a pattern Pzero for a look at it and a complete breakdown of it technical data.
We stock a vast range of Pirelli products.
To see what is available in your size, just enter your size in the home page and click on pirelli.
http://www.jettyres.co.uk/tyres/pirelli
Well they have released a pattern Pzero for a look at it and a complete breakdown of it technical data.
We stock a vast range of Pirelli products.
To see what is available in your size, just enter your size in the home page and click on pirelli.
http://www.jettyres.co.uk/tyres/pirelli
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